GASTROSTOMY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Surgical creation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the stomach (as for gastrogavage)

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("gastrostomy" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

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